1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading

1001 Questions and Answers on
Orthography and Reading

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Title: 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading
Author: B. A. Hathaway
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Transcriber's Note: Phonetic characters are represented by the
following symbols: [xT] = any letter "x" with inferior inverted "T" [=x]
= any letter "x" with superior macron [x=] = any letter "x" with inferior
macron [=oo] = "oo" with superior macron [)x] = any letter "x" with
superior breve [)oo] = "oo" with superior breve [.x] = any letter "x"
with superior dot (semi-dieresis) [x.] = any letter "x" with inferior dot
(semi-dieresis) [x:] = any letter "x" with inferior double-dot (dieresis)

1001 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON
ORTHOGRAPHY AND READING.
BY
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888,
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PREFATORY NOTE.
_In presenting this, the seventh book of the "1001 Question and
Answer Series," we feel that a great want is partially met. It is evident,
from the number of inquiries made for such a book, that the works
devoted to the subject of Orthography are very limited._
_We are also aware that the Authors of the different Grammars devote
such a limited space to the subject of Orthoepy and technical
Orthography, that both Teacher and Pupil turn away from the subject in
disgust._
_In preparing this list of questions and answers we have consulted the
best authority of the present day, and believe we have gone over the
ground in such a way that it will meet the approval of all interested._
_The questions and answers on Reading we trust will add to the interest
of the book, and only hope that it will be received with as gracious a
welcome and hearty approval as the rest of the series._
B.A.H. APRIL, 1888.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE. Letters, 5 Orthoepy, 13 Substitutes, 17 Definitions and Words,
20 Rules and Terms, 25 Numerical Values of the Letters, 32 Capitals

and Italics, 35 Abbreviations, 38 Accent and Punctuation, 40
Diacritical Marks, 44 Prefixes and Suffixes, 46 Promiscuous Questions,
56 Reading and Elocution, 60 Miscellaneous Exercises, 80
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LETTERS.
1. What is Orthography? The science and art of the Letters of a
language.
2. Of what does Orthography treat? The nature and power of letters,
and correct spelling.
3. From what is the word Orthography derived? Two Greek words,
signifying "To write right."
4. What is a Letter? A character used to represent an elementary sound,
or combination of sounds.
5. What is an Alphabet of a Language? A complete list of its letters.
6. What is the origin of the word Alphabet? It is derived from the first
two letters of the Greek Alphabet: Alpha and Beta.
7. Where did the Alphabet originate? The English comes from the
Greek, which was brought by Cadmus from Phoenicia, about the year
1490 B.C.
8. What was the first Alphabet ever used? The Hebrew.
9 How many letters were in the original Alphabet? Sixteen.
10. Where did the other